[[Arthur de Gobineau]] is the father of the modern concept white supremacy as well as that of an "''Aryan''" Master Race. He developed these theories shortly after the Revolutions of 1848 around Europe, and published his infamous ''An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races'' in 1855. was an [[establishment]] snob who believed the [[elitism|upper classes were better]] than everybody else and he attributed this superiority to genetic traits. | [[Arthur de Gobineau]] is the father of the modern concept white supremacy as well as that of an "''Aryan''" Master Race. He developed these theories shortly after the Revolutions of 1848 around Europe, and published his infamous ''An Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races'' in 1855. was an [[establishment]] snob who believed the [[elitism|upper classes were better]] than everybody else and he attributed this superiority to genetic traits. |